Clive Owen Quotes

I've got an age that I do think of myself.

You come ready to work when you know that you are going to get a couple of gos and it. It kind of galvanizes everything and there is something about it that keeps it very alive.

I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.

One of the things I love, more than anything, is jumping around and playing lots of different parts. I love the variety of playing different characters.

I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.

I don't like being consumed by work all the time. I consume myself so much when I do a part that I like to step away from it.

One of the views of the [actor's] job is that whatever age you are, there's a role that's about who you are and where you are. There are parts for that age that you can bring things to.

Kids before they're 7 or 8 are like little manic obsessives. They become completely hooked on things and they're slightly crazy.